Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. - Romans 5

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Walking to the Sky


I remember the very first time I saw this on CMU campus on August 12th 2013. I immediately thought "arrogant." Today at the prayer walk, our leader jokingly said "hey, it is the Tower of Babel." In reality, it kind of symbolizes what the Tower of Babel did in Genesis: the success and glory of men, and how we wanted to reach the sky where God dwells (and dethrone Him).

Now the artwork probably symbolizes how we much pursue our dreams and keep moving forward in life to achieve success, and that is a good thing. There are people that only CEOs of companies will meet, or patients that only their doctor will meet, or just co-workers that you will only be able to meet. These are all mission fields.

What I do have a problem is we put all these dreams and worldly achievements before pointing people to God's glory. We also lack the time and effort to really really discern what our calling is, or the conviction of how important it really is in our life. We strive after idols that seek to dethrone God in our hearts.

This is my prayer for the people of America, especially college students across all campuses who are falling off the plan God wants for them.

"It is better to take one step in the right direction than run a mile in the opposite direction."

We all want progress, but if you’re on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road.” - C.S. Lewis

Edit: I like the original motivation for the art piece:

The piece was inspired by a story that Borofsky's father used to tell him when he was a child about a friendly giant who lived in the sky. In each tale, father and son would travel up to the sky to talk to the giant about what needed to be done for everyone back on earth.

I do not like the followup:

"a celebration of the human potential for discovering who we are and where we need to go."

Discovering who we are and where we need to go are two good things in life, but the source isn't human potential. It is the infinite potential of God. We need to never forget that, us who were created for His glory.

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